S. 2987 · 116th Congress
Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019
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This bill authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to seize goods or packaging entering the United States that involve design patent infringement. Current law authorizes the CBP to seize only goods or packaging that involve copyright, trademark, or trade name infringement.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 5, 2019
Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to seize goods or packaging entering the United States that involve design patent infringement. Current law authorizes the CBP to seize only goods or packaging that involve copyright, trademark, or trade name infringement.
The CBP may impose a fee to cover the administrative costs of recording design patents. (Currently, rights owners may record their intellectual property with the CBP to assist with the CBP's intellectual property enforcement efforts.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019
Latest action (Dec 5, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 5, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.